Winter’s blast of snow soon will turn arctic as temperatures plummet into negative numbers, prompting local officials to open warming shelters at Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown through Friday morning and at the Radcliff fire station at 604 S. Wilson Road.

In clarifying a social media post from Hardin County Emergency Management, Hardin County was declared a state of emergency for FEMA purposes only, a representative from Judge-Executive Harry Berry's office said.

The state continues to be under a state of emergency as declared by the governor Monday.

Northbound traffic continues to be blocked on Interstate 65 today. Cleanup of oil and diesel from this morning's semi crash on Green River Bridge is expected to last into the early afternoon hours. Contaminated snow also must be removed from the area to prevent slick hazards when it eventually melts.